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Producer Price Inflation Biggest Drop On Record

Economics / Inflation Nov 18, 2008 - 04:43 PM GMT

By: Mike_Shedlock

Economics Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleBloomberg is reporting Producer Prices Fall Most on Record .
Yields on 10-year notes touched the lowest in more than three weeks as a slumping economy raised the specter of deflation. Oil reached a 22-month low. China surpassed Japan as the largest foreign holder of Treasuries, easing concern that global investors will stop buying U.S. debt as the government funds a record budget deficit.


The larger-than-forecast 2.8 percent drop in producer prices was the biggest since records began in 1947 and followed a 0.4 percent decline in September, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The median projection in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 1.9 percent fall.

Consumer prices likely dropped 0.8 percent, the most since 1949, according to another Bloomberg survey. The report is scheduled to be released tomorrow.

Net purchases of U.S. bonds, notes and stocks rose to $66.2 billion in September, from a revised $21 billion the month before, the Treasury Department said today. China bought $43.6 billion of Treasuries in the month, replacing Japan as the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt. Japanese investors sold $12.8 billion.

"This is the tail end of what has been a global savings glut," said George Goncalves, chief Treasury and agency strategist with Morgan Stanley, another primary dealer. It "came at the expense of U.S. consumers saving less and foreign consumers saving more."

Savings Glut Theory Yet Again

Can we please dispense with "savings glut" theory? There is no savings glut. Printing RMB in China to buy US Treasuries does not constitute "savings".

For more on the "Savings Glut" idea please see

Producer Price Indexes – October 2008

Let's take a look at the official PPI October 2008 Release .

The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 2.8 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed a 0.4 percent decline in September and a 0.9-percent fall in August. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods moved down 3.9 percent in October after declining 1.2 percent in September, and the crude goods index dropped 18.6 percent subsequent to a 7.9-percent decrease in the previous month.

Finished Goods PPI



The overall PPI for finished goods as well as energy have declined three consecutive months. The same holds true for intermediate goods and crude goods.

Intermediate Goods PPI


The key number on the above chart is the year over year decline (the change in crude goods from 12 months ago). Expect to see year over year numbers become increasingly negative as comparisons to prior years become increasingly easy to beat.

$CRB Commodity Prices Monthly Chart

Commodity prices are now below what they were in January of 2003.

By Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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